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I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to read more
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.